Before You Buy: Which Flu Test Is Right for Your Office?
By now, physicians may have an idea of what’s to come this flu season, based on how the flu season has already played out in other parts of the [...]
Molecular Lateral Flow Diagnostics- A New Era for Point-of-Care Testing
If you’re like many physicians and Point of Care (POC) laboratories, you may be dealing with suboptimal performance from some of your current diagnostic methods. For example, conventional Rapid Influenza Diagnostics Tests (RIDTs) vary in terms of sensitivity and specificity whenRapid Influenza Diagnostics Tests (RIDTs) vary in terms of sensitivity and specificity when compared with viral culture or reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). compared with viral culture or reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Product insert information and research publications indicate that in general, RIDTs sensitivities are approximately 50-70%.